Salisbury Women Coast Past Catholic

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The No. 1-ranked
Salisbury University women's lacrosse team captured a 20-8
non-conference victory over No. 13 Catholic University of America
on Sunday in the nation's capital.

The Sea Gulls (4-0) jumped out to a 1-0 lead as senior attacker
Trish DiGirolomo recorded an unassisted goal just four minutes in.
The Cardinals (1-1) came right back with a goal 11 seconds later
from Lindsay Davenport. Over the next nine minutes, SU pushed the
lead to 6-3, led by two goals each from junior midfielders Alyssa
Fowler and Allie Wheatley. Following Meghan Brady's free-position
goal for the Cardinals, the Sea Gulls reeled off seven-straight
goals to close out the half with a 13-4 lead.

Catholic opened up the second half with two goals in the first
two minutes; the Sea Gulls responded with a five-goal run to extend
the lead to 18-6 with 13:11 remaining in the game. Over the last 13
minutes, each team would find the back of the net two times to
bring the score to its final at 20-8.

DiGirolomo (two goals) established new career-highs with 10
points and eight assists in the victory. The Davidsonville, Md.,
native now has 77 career assists in her time with the maroon and
gold, which is sixth best in program history.

The Cardinals were paced by Davenport, who scored three goals
for the hosts. Kate Robinson (two goals) and Mary Swarthout (two
assists) finished with two points. Goalkeeper Gabby Sena recorded
six saves for Catholic.

Salisbury is set to host No. 18 University of Mary Washington
this Wednesday in a key Capital Athletic Conference contest at 4
p.m., at Sea Gull Stadium.